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Sunday, February 12, 2012

Watching Paint Dry

…..which is better than watching dry paint do nothing.

This week I switched over from using charcoal to “sketching” with paint.This process is much more enjoyable for me.As my painting style has developed I’ve discovered I enjoy glazing (painting with very thin watery layers) most.On Thursday I posted about the drips on the floor as a result of my paintingbelow is the paint “sketch” & the subsequent drips.

I'm excited where this set of "collateral damage" paintings may go. I'm thinking about showing them together as dipticts. Could make for an interesting show theme.

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Erin

9 comments:

I've always struggled with using charcoal, so set them aside ages ago. Then I used acrylics for about a year or so and now seemed to have found my own niche' with watercolours. Anyway, I'm enjoying your process of new change within your art. :)

I think of peaceful serenity, a resolved and renewed purpose, when I view your sketch of the woman above. The colors draw you in from the dark edges to the warm glow of light. It's as if she's awakened from a cold, dreary sleepiness by the warmth of a new day; life itself has awakened her slumber. I really enjoy your work and hope to see more of it! By the way, your residuals or 'collateral damage' is way better than my 'concerted effort!' ;-)